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In reply to the discussion: Speed the 150-year-old tortoise dies at San Diego Zoo [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)28. What is Qi?
Or Xi, or chi? (However it is spelled.)
What is it?
It is magical thinking. Basing a medical modality on magic is rubbish.
So not only is acupuncture rubbish, but the basis on which acupuncture rests is also rubbish.
And as the late Perry DeAngelis once said, Remember, Qi spelled backwards is crap.
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actually it has shown some efficacy in studies for pain and other conditions
restorefreedom
Jun 2015
#3
Acupuncture is limited to certain types of ailments. It's not a cure-all for everything. It
Cal33
Jun 2015
#42
Do you really believe all these colleges would be offering the courses (with Masters and
Cal33
Jun 2015
#46
hang the flag of rubbish on the shell of a dead tortoise to better illustrate how clever we are...
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#45
Years ago, I saw two of the tortoises at the San Diego zoo 'enjoy a moment'
suffragette
Jun 2015
#36